Bispebjerg Hospital Klinik for kønsygdomme Dermato-venerologisk afdeling

Patientinformation about

Clinic for Sexually Transmitted Infections

Who can attend the clinic? When and how do you get the testresult? Everyone can attend the clinic without referral. Usually all testresults will be available after 5 You can not make an appointment beforehand. working days. This includes HIV-test. Examination, tests and treatment in the clinic are free. You have to come back to the clinic to get your testresults and treatment unless other is arran- Examination and treatment in the clinic will be ged. conducted by either a doctor or a nurse. If you have no symptoms of sexual transmitted Is it possible to be anonymous? infections, and only get a test for chlamydia and You can get tested without giving details of your gonorrhoea, our secretaries can provide you the personal data. All collected information will be answers by telephone. kept confidential to other hospitals and persons of authorities. Information given to others will This requires that you have a personal code, only be permitted with a written acceptance from which you will receive at your first visit in the you. clinic. If the test shows that you have chlamydia You can not get treatment anonymous. or gonorrhoea, you will be asked to come to back to the clinic for treatment and counseling. Which kind of test? At the clinic it is possible to be tested for sexu- Waiting time in the clinic ally transmitted infections (STI) e.g. Condylomas The clinic serves as an emergency room, this may (genital warts), Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea, Genital involve some waitingtime. You can not expect to herpes, HIV, Hepatitis B og C, Trichomoniasis be seen in the order you have arrived, because and Syphilis. different problems are managed in different rooms and by different staffmembers. The incubation period for STIs There is a period from the time you had unpro- tected sex until the infection can be detected - See at the back page for information abope- through tests. The period varies depending on ning hours and transport to the hospital. the infection: - Chlamydia approximately 3 weeks - Gonorrhoea 1 week - HIV 1 month - Syphilis 3 months Januar 2015

Department of dermatology and venerology Bispebjerg Hospital 4. Tværvej, entrance 5, 1. floor Bispebjerg Bakke 23 Phone 35 31 60 24 2400 Copenhagen NV 1 Bispebjerg Hospital Klinik for kønsygdomme Dermato-venerologisk afdeling

Openings hours Monday-tuesday: 8.30-12.00 Wednesday : 13.15 - 17.30 Tursday: 8.30-12.00 Friday: 9.00-12.00 Weekends and holidays the clinic is closed.

Note that changes may occur, and will be appa- rent at the clinic’s web site at www.bispebjergho- spital.dk

Counsellors Monday - Friday between 9.00 - 10.00 Phone no. 3531 3188

Secretary Monday - Friday between 9.00 - 14.00 Phone no. 3531 3180

Where is the clinic located? The clinic is located at Bispebjerg Hospital and located at a road named ”4.Tværvej”, entrance 5, 1 floor. At the hospital’s web site there are interactive map of the hospital.

You can go by bus to the hospital by lines no. 21, 6A, 69, 42 or 43.

You can go by train (S-tog) to Bispebjerg Station and Emdrup station.

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